Why you should not buy speakers such as JBL L100, 4312A, 4333A, Tandberg Studio, Yamaha NS-10M etc.

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Hi-fi speakers VS studio monitors
There are many speakers what are made as studio monitors. Studio monitors are not intended to be used in a living room. I advice every person who have studio monitors in there living room to sell them and buy normal hifi speakers. The list of studio monitors is very long and many use them as normal speakers. There is absolutely no pleasure in the sound of a studio monitor, these speakers are precision measuring instruments. Even if you are happy with the sound of your studio monitors, you will be more happy if you spend that same amount on hi-fi speakers.

Some famous studio monitors, and often used as home speakers:
JBL L100
JBL 4350
JBL 4312A
JBL 4344
JBL 4345
JBL 4333A
Many more JBL Studio monitors
Tandberg Studio Monitor
Yamaha NS-10M
And all the other speakers made as studio monitors

A few comments on my video "Tandberg Studio Monitor VS Heco the statement on Tandberg TR 2080" from people who know what they are talking about:

-Jeremy Carroll
1 year ago
Ok.. A couple of things about these.
They are not HI FI speakers. They are full-range studio monitors. They are not meant to make for a pleasurable listening experience. They are designed to accurately reflect what is being put into them, unlike hi-fi speakers, which are designed to flatter the music. In other words, unlike hi-fi speakers, they are precision measuring instruments.
Also, they are designed to be soffit-mounted in the wall, not to be used floor standing.
I am a mastering engineer and I use these as my reference monitors in my studio. I would never listen to commercially released music on them as all they will do is highlight every tonal error, harshness and tonal imbalance in the music. This is what they are designed to do.
Comparing them with hi-fi speakers is like comparing a family hatchback with an off-road 4x4. They're not the same thing and you'll go very wrong if you try and confuse the two!
As regards the price, in order to get a set of reference studio monitors of a similar specification, you would be looking at a price of £8,000-£10,000.

-Laurentiu Dinca
1 year ago
Studio monitors are not made to sound pretty. They are made to separate the music, instruments, etc. That's why music studios use them over hifi speakers.

-perothing
1 year ago
These Tandbergs are not designed for Hi-Fi enjoyment. These are reference speakers and made for analysis, broadcast control-rooms and recording-studio's. There's no need to change anything since they do what they are supposed to do; sounding as accurate, neutral and flat as possible. In this big size you wont find a contemporary equivalent. As a musician I own a pair myself. Superb lows and high frequencies, and overall low distortion. At first I was disappointed with a lot of CD's until I found out these were badly mastered. They do sound terrible if the recording is meh! These are telling you the truth; garbage in, garbage out! I consider to sell them cause I downsized my recording setup.

-FullFledged2010
1 year ago (edited)
Studio monitors are not hifi speakers. They actually need to sound as flat and dry as possible for mixing. Thats also why they cost more than hifi speakers.
As weird as it sounds studio monitors are not for listening to music. I mean you could but thats not what they're made for.

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